Richard Routh correspondence, 1780-1794.

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Richard Routh correspondence, 1780-1794.

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11 ALS exchanged among a group of American Loyalists who fled Massachusetts in 1776 and settled in England to await a British victory in America. 6 are by Richard Routh, mostly to Peter Frye. Subjects include Routh's hopes of return to America; his financial situation and search for a political appointment; his anger at the British government's treatment of Loyalists; and family and personal news. A June 1780 letter to Frye advises him to go to Carolina and await the end of the rebellion there, as "there will doubtless be many lucrative appointments which you have a right to expect." A July 1791 letter comments on the suicide of William Randolph of Bristol. The December 26, 1781 letter by former Massachusetts Bay Attorney General James Putnam attacks the British government for its mistakes and failures in the American Revolution and calls for "an inquiry into the conduct of our commanders both by sea and by land," expressing regrets that the "opinions of many honest and sensible Americans in this country" have not been taken into consideration by the British. It also contains a doggerel poem, "The burying's gone by," alluding to the plight of the exiled Loyalists. Silvester Gardiner's letter of November 8, 1780 announces the death of his wife.

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Putnam, James, 1726-1789.

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Ruth family

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Harvard College (1636-1780)

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Samuel Mather (1677-1746) was a member of a prominent Connecticut family. He was born in Branford, Connecticut in 1677; his parents were the Reverend Samuel and Hannah (Treat) Mather. When Samuel was four, his family moved to Windsor, Connecticut. He attended Harvard College, receiving an A.B. in 1698 and an A.M. in 1701. He began studying medicine in 1698 and by 1702 he was admitted "to be a Practitioner of Physick and Chyrurgy." He was quickly successful, and in 1710 was appointed a surgeon to...

Gardiner, Silvester, 1708-1786

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Loyalist and Boston physician and landowner. From the description of Papers, 1767-1785. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35074035 Physician, of Boston, Mass., and Newport, R.I.; studied medicine in Europe; had apothecary shops in Boston, Meriden, Conn., and Hartford; lander developer of the Kennebec River Valley and promoter of the Kennebec Company; builder of towns of Pittston and Gardiner, Me.; Loyalist; fled to Halifax and England, later returning to Newport. ...

Frye, Peter, 1723-1820.

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Routh, Abigail Eppes, 1750-1834.

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Routh, Richard, 1749-1801.

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Richard Routh (1749-1801) was born in Yorkshire and emigrated to America in his youth, eventually becoming Deputy Collector of Customs for Salem and Marblehead, Massachusetts. In 1771 he married Abigail Eppes, daughter of William Eppes of Salem. Routh and his family joined the British evacuation of Boston in March of 1776 and returned to England in 1778, settling in Poole. Routh was appointed Collector of Customs for Newfoundland in 1782 and Chief Justice for Newfoundland in 1798, but continued ...

Eppes, William Isham, 1760-1823.

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Randolph, William, 1745-1791.

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